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NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
INDIVIDUAL COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES
SIX NATIONAL HISTORIC RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS
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STATE-LEVEL HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS:
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RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARKS
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HISTORICAL SUBJECT MARKERS
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TYLER HISTORIC LANDMARKS:
TWO HISTORIC OVERLAY DISTRICTS CONTAINING OVER 70 PROPERTIES
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131 TOTAL DESIGNATED LANDMARKS (65 ADDED SINCE 2006)
NEARLY 15 MILES OF HISTORIC BRICK STREETS
wHAT DOES IT MEAN?
- Recipient of the Texas Historical Commission Anice B. Read Award of Excellence in Community Heritage Development in 2017.
- Many of Tyler’s historic properties are not protected from inappropriate alternations or demolitions.
- Created and adopted Historic Preservation Strategic Plan in 2017.
- Tyler has more designated individual properties than cities of comparable size, such as McAllen, Round Rock, and Waco.
- Completed historic resource survey of Pollard Farm area in 2014.
- 348 “High” priority properties for preservation are likely candidates for the National Register.
- Received Preserve America Community designation in 2016.
